22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
3.3% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. For Marcilly-sur-Eure, the census puts households without a car at 4.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Eure town had 1,607 residents in 620 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Eure median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Marcilly-sur-Eure
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 84 second homes and occasional dwellings in Marcilly-sur-Eure, 11% of its 760 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes in Marcilly-sur-Eure are second homes
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
5.9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. Marcilly-sur-Eure has more empty homes than 52% of compared French towns, at 6.9%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Marcilly-sur-Eure changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 61% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then +2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Eure town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 83% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marcilly-sur-Eure 41.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Marcilly-sur-Eure’s residents are under 41.6, younger than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Locally, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns, at 34%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
Nearly one in ten households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Households here average 2.5 people each. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,900 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
At €27,900 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 29% of households are headed by a retired person
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Here, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.2% of Marcilly-sur-Eure’s residents
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
That is lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%. Immigrants make up about one in 16 here (6.2%). Foreign nationals: 4.3%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Marcilly-sur-Eure ranks above 79% of compared French towns on married residents: 47%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The share of single residents is 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 82% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification in Marcilly-sur-Eure. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,607 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Marcilly-sur-Eure
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcilly-sur-Eure | 41.6 | 17% | 11% | 6.2% |
| Ézy-sur-Eure 3,644 · 4.6 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.3% | 4.2% |
| Anet 2,721 · 5.3 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 4% | 6.5% |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure 3,829 · 6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre 4,058 · 6.3 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 2.2% | 5.9% |
| Dreux 31,543 · 6.5 mi | 37.2 | 17% | 1.5% | 22% |
| Vernouillet 12,310 · 7.1 mi | 40.7 | 21% | 1.4% | 19% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Marcilly-sur-Eure
What is the population of Marcilly-sur-Eure?
1,607 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,575).
How old are Marcilly-sur-Eure’s residents?
The median age is 41.6, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marcilly-sur-Eure?
84, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marcilly-sur-Eure?
INSEE counts 99 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 70 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marcilly-sur-Eure?
€27,900 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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